The Globe recently announced casting for its Ensemble productions of Hamlet and As You Like Ithttps://blog.shakespearesglobe.com/post/172822073468/casting-for-hamlet-and-as-you-like-it-announcedRead more... )

Emma Rice, on her being hired as artistic director, from this Telegraph article:

She behaved “like a kid in a playbox” by installing lights and radio microphones. “The Globe is the most exciting venue on the planet… I was electrified by the experience and absolutely I turned up the volume ( Read more... )

Why you gotta be like this ( Read more... )

Michelle Terry: 'I won't be directing while at Shakespeare's Globe'http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/michelle-terry-shakespeare-globe-no-directing_44417.htmlRead more... )

Working for the notorious Earl of Oxford in the 1580’s, [John Lyly's] plays were first performed publicly at the indoor theatres of Blackfriars and St Paul’s, then at the great Court festivities of Elizabeth I ( Read more... )

A nice email to receive from Shakespeare's Globe this morning:

We are thrilled to announce that Michelle Terry will be Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe from April 2018.

An Olivier Award-winning actor and writer, Michelle is well-known to the Globe’s stage, having starred as Rosalind in As You Like It (2015), as Titania/Hippolyta in A ( Read more... )

Ever since watching the R&J episode of Shakespeare Uncovered, I've wondered what Jade Anouka was like as Juliet. Turns out that in creating their new Teach Shakespeare website, Shakespeare's Globe posted a handful of - snowy - clips from their 2013 Playing Shakespeare production. Here you can see the lovers' sonnet ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if they've continued filming plays at the Globe for Globe On Screen since Emma Rice has been the Artistic Director? I haven't been paying much attention, since I haven't been that interested, frankly (the weird Dia de los Muertos production of Romeo and Juliet this season made me want to flip some tables, for example), but ( Read more... )

An article (via Twitter) about the influence of the Globe, twenty years on - not just how it has changed, but how it has affected modern theater conventions, too:

Sphere of influence: Shakespeare’s Globe turns 20https://www.ft.com/content/90f0f82e-31a1-11e7-

(the above comment is made about a ruff.)

The Globe's Twitter feed led me to a video I hadn't seen before: Paul Chahidi, who played Maria in the 2012 revival of Twelfth Night (as well as the original 2002 production), and Jenny Tiramani (Renaissance clothing expert) being interviewed about the costume for Maria. Some nice closeups of the various ( Read more... )